Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-07-21

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counted the number OF words; there
were twenty-five. Now, was the true
reading OF the communication contained
IN the whole of these twenty-five words,
or in only portion of ttem, and If In only
portion, in what portionS In how many
words. There lag tie difficulty. The
words diamond brac slet" gave me dis
tinct satisfaction, brit there were other
words which | could not 10y any exercise
OF ingenuity connect them with, such rs
birds - trees - river -'' gayly''---
cherry singing" Undoubtedly the
communication was serious one, and
these words seemed To DC inimical to all
ideas OF seriousness. How TO select What
10 selccty How to arrange the nyst,rvS
What was the notation All, the notation
L had discovered the notation of the SEN
tence had set aside for the time. What
II the same notation would lead me to the
clew l was in search of: The arrange
ment of the figures from 1 to . was arbl-
trated by the first letter in the alphabet.
a. would try whether that Arrangement
would afford any satisfaction in the
twenty-five words that remained. Ii
would be an affcctation of vanity on NV
part II say that this idea occurred TO me
Il
after long and concentrated attention and
consideration that II came to me, and
then set IL Immediately into practical
operation. The first figure in the sem
tcnce had discovered was O. / counted
six in the present arrangement of the
words. IL ended with the word "got. -
Crossins ont the word "gotr and placing
IL upon a separate sheet OF paper / pro
ceeded; The second figure in the sentence
l had discarded was ,. counted two on
rom the word got and arrived at
your" crossed out this word your"
and proceeded. The third figure I'm the
sentence had discarded was :. | counted
seven words on from ''your' and came to
diamond. i treated this word in sim
liar way 10 the last two and continued the
process. Got your diamond Now for
bracelet" The next figure was 8.
counted three words from diamond and
came to bracelet"
was more excited thnn can describe.
There is scarcely anything in the world
that nils man with such eXultation rs
success, and / was on the track of sue
cess: Got your diamond bracelet" The
following figure was 9. l counted on nine
and came TO the word "back.r Got your
diamond bracelet back / continued.
The next figure was l. This was repre-
scntcd by the word ~ The next figure
was !, represented by the word won. ~
The next figure was 8, represented by the
word -four" The next figure was 6. rem
resented by the word hundred. / CON
tinucd the same process and came back TO
the figure o, represented by the word
ION. The next figure was =, repre-
sented by the word cherry"
stopped here for reason and I read
the words had crossed out and written
IA a car 70 gla ..F mn
thus;
Got your diamond bracelet back. I
won 100 on Cherry
1t was not without a distinct reason
that L paused here. Mixing with the
world and moving in all shades and classes
OF society, must confcss-as have no
doubt other men would confess If they
were thoroughly ingenuous-to certain
weaknesses, one Of which is to nut n SOW
ereign or two seldom more upon every
classic horse race, and upon every i'm
portant handi, up during the year. I
nearly always loSe-and serve me right.
But IL happened, strangely enough, that in
this very month of September, during
which Eustace Rutland sent his mvsteri.
Gus communication to his sister Mabel
one OF the most celebrated handicaps OF
the year was won 10y a horse named
Cherry, and that / had two sovereigns on
that very horse IL started at long odds
i remembered that the bet / made WINS
two sovereigns TO u hundred, and that |
had won wat is often called n century
upon the race. j was convinced that /
had come II the legitimate end of Eustace
Rutiands letter: Got your diamond
bracelet back. won 400 on Cherry"
This young reprobate, then, was in
dulging in horse racing. His sister Mabel
Ind % 81,
scene between herself and her father at
the dinner party. She had given him her
diamond bracelet 10 extricate him from
some scrape, and nc had been luckily ena
hled, by his investment on the horse
Cherry, 10 redeem Utmost likely from
the pawnbroker-in time for his sister 10
exhibit IL to her father. So as to be GER
tain that ] had got the proper clew, and
had arrived at the gist Of Eustace's com
Inunication, wrote down the words that
remained, which were:
Birds - the-the-in-arc-t trees
s-gayly-singing"
IL was an easy task now for me to ap-
ply the same test to these remaining
words, and l found that they formulated
themselves in this fashion:
The river runs gayly The birds nre
singing In the trees"
was curious TO ascertain whether there
were any special sign in the framework oi
Eustace Rutland's communication 10y
which the person engaged with him In
tho mystery letter could bc guided.
counted the words in each sentence. The
words in the FIRST sentence were nine-th,
nino Of hcarts. The number of words in
the second sentence was eleven Tn,
plumber Of words in The third sentence
was eleven. After the alphabetical letter
n IN the framework | saw the figure II,
and l was satisfied, the last eleven words
heing meaningless, that il was the second
sentence Of eleven words, referring to the
diamond bracelet and TO his winning on
Cherry, that Eustace wished his sister
Mabel 10 understand. At the same time
j was satisfied in my own mind that,
without the nine If hearts 10 guide him.
nman might spend days over the cryptic
graph without arriving OF the correct
solution.
/ had taken no count Of the passing
time. EnTosscd and absorbed In my &C.
cupauon, J WIS surprised. when 1t had
reached what ] believed 90 be a successful
termination To find That il was nearly six
O'Clock in the morning
".
DR. Daincourt called while was dress
ing, after few hours sleep am not